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parterre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | parquet circle |
| Type of | seating, seating area, seating room, seats |
parterre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | flower garden |
Examples of parterre
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Make it a point to spend time at the boxwood parterre inside the Walled Garden.
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Low box hedging surrounded trellised fruit, making a circular ornamental parterre.
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A parterre de gazon was made of turf with a pattern cut out and filled with gravel.
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Parterre gardens, sheltered by mature trees, surround a central croquet lawn.
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The parterre at the entrance of the garden featured the coat of arms of France in flowers.
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Little attempt seems to have been made to fit the framework to the shape of the parterre.
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Extensive additional work on the parterre is planned for this winter.
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In memory of his grandmother, the Prince created a new formal parterre near the main entrance.
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Brown also grassed over the great parterre and the Great Court.
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- An ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern
- Parquet circle: seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)
- A parterre is a formal garden construction on a level surface consisting of planting beds, edged in stone or tightly clipped hedging, and gravel paths arranged to form a pleasing, usually symmetrical pattern. Parterres need not have any flowers at all. ...
- The word parterre comes from the French par and terre and literally translated means u201Con the ground.u201D Originally, the term was used in the 16th century to refer to a formal ornamental garden, but by the mid-17th century, it was increasingly used to refer both to the ground level of a theatre where spectators stood to watch performances and to the group of spectators who occupied that space.
- A theater or theatre (also a playhouse) is a structure where theatrical works or plays are performed or other performances such as musical concerts may be given. ...
- A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one; A garden with paths between such flowerbeds; A theater balcony, especially in an opera house; above the box seats, but definitely below family circle; An apartment balcony
- (Parterres: (or Layouts)) arrangement of offerings, spread out on the ground, or a floor, on a white cloth with food, liquor, flowers, candles, coins and herbs. Often indoors in New Orleans with candles burning in the four corners of the rooms, the color signifying the purpose of the gathering.
- The upper part of the main seating. Usually behind a cross aisle, and almost always steeper than the lower Orchestra.
- A Parterre (From the French par=on + terre=ground). A level space, usually rectangular and on a terrace near a house, laid out in decorative pattern using plants and gravels.
